One of the biggest splashes in the toy industry is when the game (and Nerf) giant Parker Brothers decided to make an action figure.

Not just any action figure but an electronic space hero with bells and whistles not seen before. Rom was truly a toy ahead of his time and while he didn’t prove to be the smash that Parker Brothers hoped, thanks to a relationship with Marvel comics, he became a much-beloved comic book character.

Parker Brothers ROM: Space Knight

Some pretty gorgeous promotional materials show that Parker Brothers took ROM the Space Knight very seriously in ’79.

Rom’s respirator really freaked me out as a kid in the commercials, how I wanted this guy.

Ages 5-14? Do you mean I wasn’t a complete geek for buying Super Powers figures in the ninth grade? It’s like a weight has been lifted!

The Press still PB used to promote Rom to the trade and the media. If I am not mistaken this image of Rom: Space Knight appeared in Starlog magazine that year.

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1976 was a good year for NERF, we’ve got planes, cars, and missiles as well as their own Superhero in NERF MAN! This catalog is kind of special to me as it belonged to my dad and you actually can see his notes on some of the pages. 

The indoor ball that started the craze, in college I don’t think I was ever ten feet away from one of those footballs despite never owning one…

There are days where I wish my car was made of this stuff or at least the ones that plow into me.

Nerf Critters

I have no memory of this line, despite being five years old when they came out. I guess I was too interested in GI Joe Adventure team and Mego Superheroes to notice them.

The concept of rockets you could fire in your house is appealing to me as a grown man, let alone me as a kid. Do they still make this?

Nerf Man

Nerf man was a really big deal in my house, he could fly, take that Mego Superman!

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